Concepts of Chemical Dependency

About Amelia EvansHarold Doweiko

Dr. Harold E. Doweiko a licensed psychologist was on the staff at the Gundersen-Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse Wisconsin prior to his death. He worked with the substance use treatment program the chronic pain management program and the traditional adult mental health patients including patients with co-occurring disorders. He served with the La Crosse County Drug Court for several years and as a professional witness on the topic of substance use disorders for federal and state courts in Kansas Wisconsin and Minnesota. Dr. Doweiko was an adjunct faculty member for colleges in both Wisconsin and Minnesota most recently with the Viterbo University counselor education program in La Crosse Wisconsin. Dr. Amelia (Amy) L. Evans a licensed professional clinical counselor is an associate professor and program director for the Master of Arts in Counseling program at Bethel University in St. Paul Minnesota. She first began work with substance use disorders during her doctoral internship at Hazelden in Center City Minnesota now Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Since beginning her teaching career she has trained mental health counselors and addictions counselors as well as counselors planning to be dually licensed to work with co-occurring disorders.